CENTRAL POINT HERALD. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1906,
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PERT PARAGRAPHS.
Satisfactiu
A square deal uicely rounds out a
friendship.
May be found in our Residence and Business Property in
CENTRAL
POINT
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All kinds of Rep«iir Work
By DUNCAN N. SMITH
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Jeffrs & Peart
When you get something for nothing
the something Is generally nothing.
General Blacksmiths & Woodworkers
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HORSESHOEING A. SPECIALTY
Having the ceremony performed In
an automobile is u case of marrying In
haste.
We treat you and your
h o r s e s r ig h t
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| Do You
Need
THE most rapidly growing town in the Rogue River Valley.
FURNITURE OR CARPETS ?
W eeks & Baker
NOW IS THE TIME TO INVEST in lots and blocks before
the Fall rush of homeseekers have picked out the choice
property.
Central Point is the most centrally located town
in the valley and is the hub of THE RICHEST FRUIT.
DAIRYING. FARMING and MINING REGION on the
Pacific Coast.
Its climatic, commercial, social and educa
It Is easier to go to the theater In the
rain than it is Jo go to church under
like circumstances.
What a lovely disposition the weath
er must have. It never talks about
people, although they are continually
talking about it.
'T h e i r G o o d s a r e F i r s t - c l a s s
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O R E G O N
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tional advantages are unsurpassed and at the present low
prices, every parcel of our property is a RARE BARGAIN.
Somehow the artistic features of
autumn leaves do not appeal to the
man who lias to rake the lawn.
If you really want to know what the
wild waves are saying, tame them with
some of Mr. Roc-kefeller’s oil and ask
them.
For the Next 30 Days
We are offering choice business [lots'at fromï$150üeachj and’ |up wards ¡’'"and "choice
residence property at $50 and upwards.
Now isJthe^time_|to invest,.¡before an ad
vance in prices is made.
Call on or address:
CENTRAL POINT TOWNSITE CO.
C E N T R A L , P O IN T ,
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[Copyright, 1906, by C. H . Sutcliffe.J
Fourteen times the paymaster and
his safe and escort passed over his
route and returned smiling. When
they started out for the fifteenth trip
“ Mexican Charlie” had his plans all
laid. lie was a Mexican half breed,
and when you have such a man look
out for deviltry. He was a hanger on
around the stage stations for a hun
dred miles up and down the line. He
was a gambler, a horse thief and sus
pected o f murder, and he had the nec
essary qualifications to make him a [
leader o f other bad men. He was
tw o months making his plans, and
they were laid for the complete wipe
out of the entire party. He didn't pro
pose to leave a single man alive to
Identify him afterward.
When the roundup was completed
the outlaw gang numbered an even
twenty men. and all were armed with
Winchesters and revolvers. The route
was gone over and the spot finally j
settled on for the attack was midway j
between Forts Davis and Concho j
There the rude mountain road wound
upward for half, a mile, to pitch sud
denly into a ravine with walls fifty
feet high and Its length half a mile or
more.
T o collect nineteen outlaws together,
hide them away for a week, hold
them steady and fit out a part o f the
number with horses and arms was no
slight undertaking, but the half breed
successfully accomplished It, and that
without arousing suspicion. On . the
first day o f a certain July the outlaw
band was posted in the ravine, and the
major left Fort Davis at an hour tr>
bring him to the spot at about noon.
Whites and Indians were at peace
and the country quiet, and the pay
master and his escort had not the
slightest hint o f the reception the out
laws had In store for them.
It may have been known to the
mountain Indians that the caves and
crevices in the walls o f the ravine
were Inhabited by wild bees, but It
certainly was not to the whites. They
had bred and swarmed there for
years. On this July day there was an
angry buzzing high above the heads of
the outlaws, but they gave it no atten
tion. The rocks were warming up and
the bees getting ready to swarm,
grouts had been sent forth to find
other rrevlces and report, and thou
sands upon thousands o f the hot head
ed Insects were ready to swarm out
and follow their leaders to new homes.
Stretched on the shelves or posted
behind bowlders, the outlaws were
waiting for their prey. They got the
signal that the escort was coming
across the flat: then that It was toiling
u p the long hill: then, after a mo-
meat's wait, that It was about to enter
t h e ravine. The half breed bad tolJ
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his men over and over to fire to kill,
to wipe out every soldier at the first
P R O FE SSIO N A L
volley, but he told them again. There
were twenty bullets for eleven men
W M . W . F*. H O L T , M I ) .
and every outlaw having a rest for his
rifle and a target hot twenty feet
P h y s ic ia n a n d S u r g e o n
away.
EAGLE POINT, OREGONJ
Of a sudden one of the bee scouts
settled down on the bare hand of one
o f the outlaws. He sought to flick it
LODGE D IR E C T O R Y
off, and the Insect stung him and flew
away. It would seem as If It flew up
to the others aud warned them o f the
trespassers and Incited them to battle.
a b l e r o c k l o d g e n o . 8i, a
Within a minute a perfect cloud of
o. u. w.
them descended. They were angry
Meets
second and fourth Mondays
and excited und looking for a fight.
o f each month at 7:30 p. m.
The outlaws could make no defense
Visiting brothers cordially invited.
against such an enemy. In thirty sec
Hall com er Second and Pine Sts.
onds they were almost literally cover W . H. N orcross ,
W. W. S cott
ed and being knifed in a score of
Recorder.
Master Workman.
places, and just as the tw o troopers
at the head o f the escort reached the
head of the ravine the ambushers tied
EN TRAL POINT LODGE NO. 193
down It with shouts and yells of pain
and terror.
I. O. O. F.
Their horses were half n mile below.
Meets every Saturday evening at
The bees followed the men to the
7:30 p. m. in A. O. U. W. Hall,
horses and attacked the latter, and i.i
com er Second and Pine Sts. Visit
a few seconds there was a wild stam
ing brothers are specially invited to
pede. Some o f the animals came up
meet with us when in town.
the ravine, and some went down, and S. A. P attison ,
L ee W atkins ,
the shouts o f the outlaws were echoed
Secretary.
Noble Grand.
and re-echoed by the shrill neighs of
the half maddened horses.
The paymaster could not tell what
Bybee Ranches for Sale
had taken place, except that the wild
bees had come out. lie was forced to
order n retreat, and there was no
From and after this date, I will sel
pause until the outfit had dropped
hack a full mile. Then scouts were to the best advantage, and for cash,
sent forward and after a time made all or any portion o f those two certain
a pretty good guess as to what wa ranches known as the Bybee River
up. The bees seemed to bo out lu Ranch, at the Bybee bridge on Rogue
millions. The roar o f their wings ns river, consisting o f 1240 acres, and the
they buzzed up und down was like a
Bybee Antelope Ranch, consisting o f
strong wind In the treetops, and a-
1060 acres. With the Bybee River
swarm met swarm they fought among
themselves until the rocky trail wa < Ranch will be sold that portion o f the
crop upon the part purchased. This
covered with their bodies.
Not until near sundown did the In ranch is partly under irrigation and
sects seek their new homes and quiet more can be put under irrigation.
down and . a w the escort n chance t 1
Address me at Agate, Oregon.
pn-s in ail -d. At the lower end of 12-tf
F. E. B ybee .
file r a
*..ere two dead men—out
law v ho had been stung to death
Farther down were three men wli
Excursion to San francisco.
were blind, helpless and raving. Ri
fles. belts and ramp outfit had been
thrown
' 1 P :•* o f the des
T K. Bolton and Fmi] P< ¡1
peradoes h i got sw ay on a h
will run another o f thpir popular holi
< if 1'.
day excursions from Ashland to San
The others had gone tearing <■'<T :b ■ Franc isco and return,thi« acanon, leav
mountains 11 mail flight. O f the Ilf ing Ashland Wednesday, December 26,
teen men who got away nothing wa
1906, on the noon train. Round trip
heard again. All were terribly stung.
The particulars of the plot wer tickets, $15.00, good for fifteen davs.
You should take advantage o f this
learned from the three captured aiiv
and they got a dose o f military law t opportunity to see the wrecked city.
keep them out of mischief for a long Tickets now on sale at Freeman &
time after. Each one asserted that he W iley’ s, Central Point.
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would rather have fought three In
dians single handed than have en
FOR SALE.
countered the bees. The half breed
had planned well, but he had not
taken thp wild bees into oonsl'eration.
A fine lot o f full blooded Poland
1* QVAD. I China pigs. Call at the Frail farm,
one mile south from Central Point, for
pric.\ etJ. J. If. P an . vkr .
31 Ml
W e hear a good deal about trust bust
ing, but were you ever invited to the
funeral of a genuine octopus?
DEALER IN
Cigars, Tobaccos, Confectioneries and Soft Drinks
ICE CREAM PARLORS IN CONNECTION
Wouldn’ t it be a great joke on us if
we were to wake lip some morning anil
find that tlie good time coming bad nl
ready passed?
The Huglcss Waltz.
Several light stepping gentlemen
who without knowing it are about 33.-
777,328 years ahead of their time, an i
who call themselves the Dancing Mas
ters’ association, have met and very
solemnly pronounced a divorce between
the waltz and the hug.
Doubtless tlieir intentions are the
very best, but If they think that a
waltz is a languid conversation over a
long distance telephone they have sev
eral large and noisy facts concerning
human nature to learn.
If they think that the spirited young
man is to be content to look at his love
ly partner through a long distance tele
scope as they glide through the mazy
waltz they have not had a heart to
heart talk with the youth o f America
lately.
It may be «hat the waltz needs re
forming and needs it badly, but tbe
only way to do It ii/ to prohibit all
those under eighty years from engaging
In that dance.
Another Guess,
Central Point, Oregon
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D o w n in g ¿1 E m r y
TTTaTinstate' Ajr«*ntsl
C e n tra l P o in t
We now have” the” exc]usive[[sale 'o f ¡some fine alfalfa
S m s , grain’ and fruit lands, stocky ranches, unimproved
timber lands and'gold-bearing quartz' ledges, ¡partly devel
oped. Business and residence’ property at reasonable prices.
We respectfully solicit;,the Ihcmeseekers’, patronage. Our
motto is, “ Small Commission and Square Dealing.”
T
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G. S/ MOORE
Som e congressm en w ho fondly dream
T hat they are slated to go back
F org et that in our noble scheme
T he votera get the latest whack.
Tricks of the Memory.
Scientists have discovered that the
memory is stronger In summer than lu
winter. That is easily explained. It is
much simpler to remember to bring
home a quart of ice cream than a ton
o f coal. Most any dub has the price of
the Ice cream in his pocket, but It takes
a man who is Intimate with high finance
to rustle the price o f a ton of coal off
hand.
Of course It slmplitle* matters If a
man has credit with a coal man who
has a telephone, but how few o f us
have reached that delightful stage In
the seventh heaven of bliss.
In summer tin* memory lias more out
door exercise, while In winter time the
task o f dodging Christinas duties Is
enough to drive any mild mannered
memory to nervous prostration. That
may not be the explanation. Memory
plays us some queer tricks, but you
will notice that seasons do not make
much difference on the memory of your
creditor«.
For Business Reasons.
“ He is starting out as a beauty doc
tor.**
‘ But a l»eauty doesn’t need a doctor.”
“ I know It, but If he called himself
• n ugly doctor who would patronize
him?”
Easy if You Know How.
“ fie wan able to save $5,000 a year
• lit o f a $3.000 salary.”
“ lie must have been a financial
genius.”
“ No; Just a common politician.”
In His Line.
The baker had a happy home.
B ut thing1! were going slow.
O f course he hu<l enough to eat.
But h« was kneading dough.
Sanderson & Sons
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Estimates given
on work in all
parts o f the valley
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, The reasons why you should [contract
[w ith us to build Iyour3house are—
Our work is exccutedjjwith neatness
[ and dispatch and completed in a work-
manliketmanner.
P lans
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CENTRAL POINT
OREGON
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CENTRAL POINT, OR.
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Building ;;
With my fine line of
Confectioneries ;;
PLUMBING. •• Fruit*,
and Fresh Bread.
('¡pcs. Fittings and Plnmbing Supplies. |
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Lunch Counter.
W out’ K street,¡opposite depot.
F. H. WEBB
Eositing.
First Dynamiter I may ho called the
Orest Awnkener.
S -cord Dynamiter I s m more pop
nl.sr than that; I am a great aerre
speelallft
C ontractors
and Builders
MEDFORD, ORE.
FOR SALE.
Clean, seed rye.
S. M. N ea I / in ,
Table Rock.
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F or S a l e —A six-room dwelling Ml
Central Point, in good repair. Barn,
good water, some fruit. A bargain.
Inquire at this office,
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